'When you are self-learning, it's easy to drift away from your goals,' he says. 'But I realized once I started talking to people who were going through the same thing that this is just the struggle of learning to code. 'I started struggling and wondering if I was smart enough,' Byers says. The company also coordinates local Facebook groups around the world so that students can meet up in person and practice pair programming, a technique educators believe is a more effective way of teaching programming than traditional solitary study.Īlthough both Byers and Vergara cited the structure and the chance to work on hands-on projects as hugely important elements of Free Code Camp, they say that the Free Code Camp community was perhaps the most important part of the experience. The company manages several chat rooms on Slack, a workplace chat platform popular among coders at startups, where students help each other out when stuck. In lieu of dedicated teachers, Free Code Camp focuses on peer learning. But affordable teachers with enough experience are hard to come by, he says. Qualified students are eligible for Thinkful’s ISA program and pay nothing until they get a job.'I think if we had teachers, if we could afford to hire them, we'd have better outcomes,' he says. Location: Multiple locations across the city including Cross Campus: 840 Apollo Street, El Segundo and Cross Campus 929 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CAĬost: starting at $7,990. Techniques and approaches: 1-on-1 mentorship is not only a faster, more effective way to learn, it also affords you a network of professionals with an average of 10 years of experience in tech. Languages and frameworks: JavaScript, React, Node, Data Science, Python, SQL, UX and UI Design The result: A guaranteed job in tech or your tuition back. Whereas traditional coding bootcamps teach these skills in a classroom, Thinkful students learn via 1-on-1 mentorship, affording them a more individualized learning experience and access to a growing local and national professional network. Thinkful is a career accelerator that helps people build high-growth careers in data science, web development, and design.

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